Every so often we come across a whisky so unique and wondrous that we can't help but get excited. There are whiskies that thrill, whiskies that surprise and whiskies that cause you to reevaluate your expectations altogether.

Today's offering is quite simply on another level; Macallan like you've never seen it, Macallan as it never will be again - a Macallan as unlikely to run off their noble stills as molten gold.

There are no shortage of high-end Macallans on the market, but in terms of uniqueness they can often be more about frills and marketing than genuine rarity and exceptional quality. Today we present something that goes truly above and beyond.

The Sirius Macallan 26 Year Old is a mind-bending peated Macallan bottled at ideal maturity with peerless quality. A batch of just 690 numbered bottles, this is destined to become many a collector's white whale and we are honoured to have the opportunity to present this offering to Cru customers.

The 5th bottling in the Sirius series, the magnificent passion project of legendary whisky collector and curator Mahesh Patel, this is one of the most thrilling releases we have seen to date.

The quintessence of this bottling is undoubtedly quality, rarity and its unique flavour profile. It is clear that Patel has enough reverence for his spirit to put this iconoclastic whisky into a presentation worthy of its singularity. Bottled in a tall slender crystal decanter presented in a hand-crafted leather-clad case it is every inch the aristocratic Macallan.

A bona fide masterpiece of the independent bottler's craft, this combines the classicism of sherry-aged Macallan with the peated profile of Speyside from days gone by.